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Traffic, Miniature Sign

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0095
Date
1916 – 1917
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
105.02.0095
Description
Cast bronze miniature of a bell guide post marking E1 Camino Real in California. Long thin post curves out at top to accommodate cast bronze bell reading "1769-1916 El Camino Real" with rectangular sign below, "El Camino Real San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco". Supported by domed base with …
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Title
Traffic, Miniature Sign
Date
1916 – 1917
Material
metal
Dimensions
23.5 x 7.5 x 7.0 cm
Description
Cast bronze miniature of a bell guide post marking E1 Camino Real in California. Long thin post curves out at top to accommodate cast bronze bell reading "1769-1916 El Camino Real" with rectangular sign below, "El Camino Real San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco". Supported by domed base with cobble stone texture, reading around perimeter, "Mission bell guide post marking EI Camino Real, the King's Highway".
Subject
transportation
souvenir
El Camino Real
King's Highway
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0095
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal, brass
Catalogue Number
105.03.0002
Description
A large jingle bell made of two joined brass hemispheres, the upper with a ring attached for hanging, and the lower with a cross cut out at the bottom. A metal ball is inside to make the jingling sound. A loop of red string is attached through the ring.
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Title
Sleigh Bell
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal, brass
Dimensions
9.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
A large jingle bell made of two joined brass hemispheres, the upper with a ring attached for hanging, and the lower with a cross cut out at the bottom. A metal ball is inside to make the jingling sound. A loop of red string is attached through the ring.
Subject
transportation
animals, horses
music
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.03.0002
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Tumpline Strap, Carrying

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Date
prior to 1930
Material
hair, horse; hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
106.06.0006
Description
A narrow black and white flat woven rope becoming all black at one end and all white at the other. There is a half brown and half white wider piece of woven rope at the centre with a slit between the brown and white colours.
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Title
Tumpline Strap, Carrying
Date
prior to 1930
Material
hair, horse; hair, sheep
Dimensions
237.0 cm
Description
A narrow black and white flat woven rope becoming all black at one end and all white at the other. There is a half brown and half white wider piece of woven rope at the centre with a slit between the brown and white colours.
Subject
Indigenous, Salish
crafts
weaving
basketry
transportation
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0006
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0008
Description
A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the la…
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Dimensions
3.5 x 3.5 x 86.0 cm
Description
A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the lash about 2/3 of the length of the quirt.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
transportation
events
Banff Indian Days
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0008
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0009
Description
A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Dimensions
112.0 cm
Description
A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
sports
horse racing
transportation
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0009
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0010
Description
A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Dimensions
94.0 cm
Description
A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
sports
horse racing
transportation
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0010
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Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0014 a,b
Description
A pair of very plain silver-nickel spurs with short heel projections and no rowels. A narrow brown leather strap passes under the arch, and a narrow ankle strap threads through slits in a leather 'tongue' and buckles on the side. The spurs are marked: “Super Nickel Silver.”
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Title
Spurs
Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Dimensions
11.0 x 4.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
A pair of very plain silver-nickel spurs with short heel projections and no rowels. A narrow brown leather strap passes under the arch, and a narrow ankle strap threads through slits in a leather 'tongue' and buckles on the side. The spurs are marked: “Super Nickel Silver.”
Subject
transportation
military
Philip Moore
World War I
cowboys
animals, horses
riding
sports
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0014 a,b
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Date
1910 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; metal; wood
Catalogue Number
106.06.0015
Description
A quirt with a wood handle covered with braided leather and with a braided knot at one end. There is a silver ring on the shaft marked with the monogram “P.B.M.”, hallmarks, and “E.S.A.” There is a wrist strap at theother end which is bound with linen thread.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1910 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; metal; wood
Dimensions
64.0 cm
Description
A quirt with a wood handle covered with braided leather and with a braided knot at one end. There is a silver ring on the shaft marked with the monogram “P.B.M.”, hallmarks, and “E.S.A.” There is a wrist strap at theother end which is bound with linen thread.
Subject
transportation
Pearl Moore
cowboys
animals, horses
riding
sports
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0015
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Date
1913 – 1914
Material
skin; metal; stone
Catalogue Number
106.06.0016 a,b
Description
A pair of silver spurs inset with three pieces of turquoise on the outside of the heel brace. Each heel projection holds a ten-pointed star rowel with a piece of turquoise at its centre. Each spur has a leather foot strap and leather ankle strap which buckles. The partially illegible word “_OCKET…
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Title
Spur
Date
1913 – 1914
Material
skin; metal; stone
Dimensions
8.5 x 6.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A pair of silver spurs inset with three pieces of turquoise on the outside of the heel brace. Each heel projection holds a ten-pointed star rowel with a piece of turquoise at its centre. Each spur has a leather foot strap and leather ankle strap which buckles. The partially illegible word “_OCKETT” is stamped into the steel near the buckle.
Subject
transportation
Pearl Moore
Sir Graeme Edgerton Hammond
cowboys
animals, horses
riding
sports
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0016 a,b
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Saddlebag Carrier, Cargo

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0020
Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0020
Description
Two leather pouches joined together by a band of leather which tapers and becomes narrow at the centre where it would be draped over a saddle. The pouches have leather flaps, each with three straps of leather threaded through and buckling to the bag. The joining strap has a metal reinforced slit …
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Title
Saddlebag Carrier, Cargo
Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Dimensions
7.5 x 34.5 x 109.5 cm
Description
Two leather pouches joined together by a band of leather which tapers and becomes narrow at the centre where it would be draped over a saddle. The pouches have leather flaps, each with three straps of leather threaded through and buckling to the bag. The joining strap has a metal reinforced slit on either side just above the pouches and a hole through its centre for anchoring. Rings on the back of each pouch attach it to the saddle. The centre strap is marked “F86.”
Subject
transportation
Philip Moore
military
animals, horses
riding
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0020
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